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Johnner's Cricketing Gaffes, Giggles and Cakes

AuthorBrian Johnston

NarratorBrian Johnston

Duration1h 10m

CategoriesAdult Non-Fiction, Sport

PublisherBBC Audiobooks

VersionUnabridged

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A compelation of cricketing moments including the letter from William H Tit, the streakers commentaries "cheeky performance and waving her flag and other things", the chocolate cake mouthfuls, Johnners numerous scoring mix ups, the resemblance between Fred Truemand and a turnip, cricket for the blind, Jim'll Fix it voiceover, Ned Sherrin interviewing Johnners on his last Test Match, the Parrot impersonation, John Cleese and John Major admitting he stopped cabinet meetings to get the test match results. Also included will be full length gaffes and giggles from the archive with extensive interviews with the likes of Peter O'Toole, Michael Bentine, even more Fawlty Towers insights from John Cleese, Johnner's appearance on Quote Unquote and his version of the famous "the bowler's Holding, the batman's Willie", Down Yoour Way with Dennis Compton, Test Match Trivia quiz archive material and much much more even the notorious Johnners Ashes comedy song! Barry Johnston, son of Johnners and producer of the Wit of Cricket series, is to produce the cd and link the incidents!

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